Jeremy Hellickson

Washington Nationals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2019, Jeremy Hellickson threw 19,653 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2018, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and the MLB Postseason. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), Change (82mph) and Curveusing a Knuckle Curve grip (77mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Cutter (88mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (82mph).

BETA Feature:Basic description of 2018 pitches compared to other RHP:His sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slightly below average velo. His change has slightly below average velo. His curve results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has a sharp downward bite. His fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, has slight armside run and has slightly below average velo. His cutter explodes on the hitter, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, has little cutting action and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' cutters. His splitter is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters, has below average velo and has movement that suggests a lot of backspin.